Australian breast cancer specialists' involvement in multidisciplinary treatment planning meetings

Breast

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 335-340

  Harrison, James D ^a   Choy, Ellis T ^b   Spillane, Andrew ^b   Butow, Phyllis ^a   Young, Jane M ^a   Evans, Alison ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c National Breast Cancer Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Multidisciplinary care; Multidisciplinary team meetings; Patient care management; Patient care team

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; RADIOLOGIST; SOCIAL WORKER; SURGEON; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 48849113330     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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